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Prizes

EU Prize for Women Innovators

Status

Usually opens in June and August

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Closed

Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.

Amount
Not published

Cash prizes awarded in two categories (Women Innovators and Rising Innovators). Prize values are set each edition in the EIC Work Programme; historically EUR 100,000 for first place in the main category and EUR 50,000 for Rising Innovators.

You must co-fund 0%.

Funder

European Innovation Council (EISMEA) / EIT

public · supranational

Deadline: One call a year — Annual contest; applications have typically opened in spring/summer and closed in late summer, with the award ceremony at the EIC Summit.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Applicant must be a woman who founded or co-founded an innovative company registered in the EU or a Horizon Europe associated country at least two years before the deadline. Rising Innovators category is for women aged 35 or under.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The EIC Accelerator, explained

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eu-prize-women-innovators_en · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: eic.ec.europa.eu

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